Ernesto Rosenstand

(Santa Marta, Colom­bia 1931) migrated to Aruba when he was eleven and later worked there as a Spanish teacher as well as with the schools inspectorate and the exams office. In the 1950s he narrated children's stories for Radio Kelkboom, he translated, adapted and wrote original plays and a musical for Masca­ruba and founded Teatro Experimental Arubano. He published poetry, prose and columns in local magazines. His many publications include Kuentanan Rubiano (1961), Kuentanan pa un i tur (1965), Tur cos a keda atras (1965), Macuarima (1971), Wa­dirikiri (1975), Kiko ta di nos (1982), Un anhelo sin fin (1982) and Companashi, Cronica di recuerdonan scondi. (2005). Shinishi di olvido (2006) contains a fair choice of the work of this author.